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Wolff "protecting" Bottas with no team orders - Villeneuve
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff is "protecting" Valtteri Bottas by not using team orders to help Lewis Hamilton, according to Jacques Villeneuve. The Canadian reckons Bottas is not on the same level as Hamilton and that Mercedes should have already started using team orders to boost the Briton's chances in the championship. Bottas is currently 34 points behind Hamilton in the standings with eight races remaining, the three-time world champion trailing Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel by seven points. Ferrari already appears to be backing Vettel over Kimi Raikkonen in its pursuit of a first drivers' championship since the latter triumphed back in 2007. Hamilton closed the gap to F1 title rival...
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